OFFERING OPTIONS
Thank you for your new or continued generosity towards God’s mission at Sharon Lutheran Church.
IN-PERSON: drop in offering plate
TEXT TO GIVE: Just text to 73256, hit next, type (with no spaces) Sharon1720, hit send. You will receive a message to click the link to complete your gift to Sharon Lutheran Church.
MAIL A CHECK: 1720 S. 20th Street, Grand Forks, ND 58201
DIRECT GIVING: www.sharonlutheran.org/giving
Church School/Confirmation Registration is open for the 2025-2026 program year for church school and confirmation–3 year olds (on or before July 31, 2025) through 10th grade. Early registration helps us plan for volunteers, curriculum, supplies, and all the considerations for a successful year. You can register your student(s) by going to www.sharonlutheran.org/event-registration. CHURCH SCHOOL AND CONFIRMATION WILL START SOMETIME IN SEPTEMBER...DETAILS TO FOLLOW
Let our light so shine!
Look for the poster in the narthex!
The Properties Team is having a fundraiser to upgrade the canister lighting in our building. Each light costs $150. If you wish to brighten our church home, gifts can be designated to Property Team Lighting. For every $150 raised, a light will be added to the chandelier.
You do not have to give increments of $150! Every dollar counts! Our goal is to raise enough money to purchase 70 lights. At the time of publication, we have raised enough money to purchase 30 lights.
If you’d like to see what the new canister lights will look like, please stop by the north bathrooms (near Door 4). There are three new lights above the water fountain.
ELCA WORLD HUNGER
Our gifts to ELCA World Hunger are working to meet human needs in 66 countries and 41 states. ELCA World Hunger focuses on addressing the root causes of hunger and poverty around the world, providing education and training to provide vulnerable populations enhance their livelihoods. More information at https://www.elca.org/our-work/relief-and-development/elca-world-hunger
MISSION INVESTMENT FUND
While paying competitive interest rates, ELCA's Mission Investment Fund uses investors' funds to support ELCA congregations and other ELCA ministries - including supporting Sharon through the mortgage that funded our recent roof repair and HVAC upgrades. Current return rates for fixed-term investments of from one to six years is 4.25% annual percentage yield. MIF's website has recently upgraded and is easy to navigate. More information at mif.elca.org.
Northlands Rescue Mission Cookout
Our annual cookout at the Northlands Rescue Mission has been scheduled for Tuesday, June 17th with serving to begin at 5:00pm. Volunteers will be needed to help setup and serve the meal, and donations of salads, bars and watermelon will also be appreciated. Sign-up sheets and additional details are located on sign-up genius and at the Welcome Center. Thanks for helping us make this a successful event!
Sharon Book GroupSharon Lutheran’s Book Group will meet at 7:00 pm on the dates below in the Sharon Library and via Zoom For more information on each meeting, please contact Rod Gigstad at gigstad@gmail.com.
Summer Read for September 2025 - The Hour I First Believed by Wally LambIn The Hour I First Believed, Lamb travels well beyond his earlier work and embodies in his fiction myth, psychology, family history stretching back many generations, and the questions of faith that lie at the heart of everyday life. The result is an extraordinary tour de force, at once a meditation on the human condition and an unflinching yet compassionate evocation of character.When forty-seven-year-old high school teacher Caelum Quirk and his younger wife, Maureen, a school nurse, move to Littleton, Colorado, they both get jobs at Columbine High School. In April 1999, Caelum returns home to Three Rivers, Connecticut, to be with his aunt who has just had a stroke. But Maureen finds herself in the school library at Columbine, cowering in a cabinet and expecting to be killed, as two vengeful students go on a carefully premeditated, murderous rampage.
"WELCOME TO BAPTISM ORIENTATION"
If you are planning a baptism in your family, plan to come to a one-hour orientation called “Welcome to Baptism” on Sunday, June 15th at 4:00pm in the church lounge. Please enter through door #1. To register for the class, please call the church office by Friday before the class at 772-3122. or email the church office at: office@sharonlutheran.org; or speak to one of the pastors. Sponsors are welcome too in addition to parents.